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Gov. Bill Richardson rallies for Barack Obama OUR TOWN
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CharlotteSun
STOCKSa deep economic slowdown
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Rising fears of A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS
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AN EDITION OF THE SUN FRONT PAGE 9 getting better, but he’s not doing it all on his own.
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Bad ballots mar absentee voting Campaign
On The
Early voters have problem performing their civic duty
By TERRY O’CONNOR Dent said she handled. We even put postage on
Trail
NORTH PORT ASSISTANT EDITOR didn’t think it was it for them.”
SARASOTA — Sarasota County the kind of The problem came to light
Supervisor of Elections Kathy problem that after Detert noticed her race
Dent said Wednesday she knew required a press was not included in her
10 days ago that 69 flawed release or other sample ballot and a supporter
absentee ballots had been sent notification. called her complaining about
to Florida voters by her office. “We took care of the omission.
“We discovered it a week ago BENTLEY DETERT DENT it,” Dent said. “We More than 52,000 absentee
Saturday and took care of it,” discovered the ballot requests had been
Dent said. Bentley was omitted from the errors and reordered the ballots received through Saturday, said
bad absentee ballots. Neither TODAY:
The state Senate District 23 — 69 absentee ballots. We Scott Farrington, assistant Sen. McCain is in
race between Republican Nancy campaign said they had been reissued those ballots already. It’s
Ormond Beach, Fla., at a
Detert and Democrat Morgan informed of the problem. been contained and completely BALLOTS | P5 rally at Allstar Building
Materials from 7 a.m. to
10 a.m. He will then be in
WO R L D S E R I E S G A M E 1 | PH I L L I E S AT R AY S Sarasota, Fla., at Robarts
Sports, 3000 Ringling Blvd.
The event will be from
BEST-OF-7 SERIES, GAME 2: TONIGHT AT TROPICANA FIELD, 8:00 P.M. TV: FOX 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., with
Series fever spikes
doors opening at 3 p.m.
Gov. Palin will have a
morning rally in Troy, Ohio,
north of Dayton. She will
then have an afternoon
campaign in Beaver, Pa.
Sen. Obama is
canceling campaign events
scheduled for Thursday in
Ripken Madison, Wis., and Des
Moines, Iowa, and flying to
brothers visit Hawaii because his
grandmother Madelyn
Dunham, 85, has taken ill,
Port Charlotte his campaign has
announced. He plans to
return from Hawaii late
By PATRICK OBLEY Friday evening or early
SPORTS EDITOR Saturday morning. Wife
PORT CHARLOTTE – A day Michelle Obama will take
All times had passed since the Charlotte his place at rallies in Akron
Stone Crabs officially introduced and Columbus, Ohio.
GAME 1 themselves to the denizens of
Wed., Oct. 22 Charlotte County when Bill Sen. Joe Biden’s
Philadelphia Ripken pulled up to the $27 campaign reported the
at Tampa Bay million work-in-progress off State Delaware senator plans to
Road 776. visit three North Carolina
GAME 2
Times have changed since cities today. He will hold a
Thurs., Oct. 23 rally in Charlotte, Wake
Philadelphia Ripken last visited the former
at Tampa Bay spring stomping grounds of the Forest University in
Texas Rangers as a player. Winston-Salem, and
GAME 3 Meredith College in
“I had three spring trainings
Sat., Oct. 25 Raleigh.
Tampa Bay
here in 1993, ’94 and ’96,” he said.
at Philadelphia “I enjoyed my spring trainings
here, I really did. After being with
GAME 4 FRIDAY
the Orioles, where we didn’t have
Sun., Oct. 26 a set site, I was like a kid in a
Tampa Bay
candy store and I didn’t mind the Sen. Obama is in
at Philadelphia Hawaii.
fact it was a little bit on the
GAME 5* outskirts of (Port Charlotte).”
Mon., Oct. 27 Ripken was in town Wednes- Sen. Biden will visit
Tampa Bay day to take a look at what the Charleston, W. Va., Friday to
at Philadelphia locals have done to the old place talk to voters about the
GAME 6* and to check in on the progress of economy and the middle
the Ripken Baseball Group’s class.
Wed., Oct. 29
Philadelphia newest venture. Then, he was
at Tampa Bay headed to Tropicana Field to Sen. McCain visits
watch Game 1 of the World Series Colorado Friday stopping in
GAME 7* Denver, Durango and
between the Philadelphia Phillies
Thurs., Oct. 30 Colorado Springs.
and the organization that will
Philadelphia
at Tampa Bay provide the talent to his Stone
Crabs, the Tampa Bay Rays. Gov. Palin will speak
*If necessary at Missouri State
AP PHOTO He considers himself the “Big
Spectators arrive at Tropicana Field for Game 1 of the baseball World Picture” fella of the Ripken group. University’s McDonald
Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays in St. Peters- Arena at 11 a.m.
burg, Fla., Wednesday. VISIT | P5 — Source: AP
Alleged burglar jailed on nearly $1M bond
Suspect may be responsible for a rash of burglaries in North Port
By TERRY O’CONNOR crimes, including 33 The CCSO arresting Milliken to the Sarasota of criminal those are felonies,” Estrada
NORTH PORT felonies. officer didn’t have to go far County crimes after a mischief. said. “It adds up pretty
ASSISTANT EDITOR “It definitely solves a lot to arrest Milliken. He was jailhouse discussion. Bond was quick.”
NORTH PORT — A string of cases for us,” said already in jail stemming “We questioned them set at “That’s a new one on
of 17 burglaries — seven of Estrada. “I can’t think of from an April 29 arrest on a and obviously a confession $976,240 for me,” said NPPD Chief Terry
which were armed — has anything in recent times as number of similar charges. was made,” Estrada said. the Fort Lewis. “I haven’t seen a
been solved, according to extensive as this.” Altogether, Milliken has The captain said no one was Myers bond that high.”
North Port Police Depart- Milliken was arrested at 110 charges on his rap shot or hurt during any of native, No information was
ment Capt. Robert Estrada. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday by the sheet, which date to his first the burglaries. including available Wednesday on the
Geoff Allen Milliken, 19, Charlotte County Sheriff’s arrest in Charlotte County The latest charges against MILLIKEN $100,000 two juveniles.
7000 block of Cameo Court Office, along with two other on Nov. 16, 2005. He’s been Milliken include 15 felony apiece for Some property has been
in North Port, is being held juveniles, in connection arrested on at least six grand thefts, 11 unarmed three armed burglaries. recovered, Estrada said.
on a nearly $1 million bond with North Port crimes different occasions. burglaries, seven armed “You look at all the Milliken’s arraignment is set
after being charged with 40 dating back to February. Police said they linked burglaries and seven counts counts and the majority of for Nov. 21.
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Front Page 2 D/E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net HEALTH/NATIONAL NEWS The Sun /Thursday, October 23, 2008
| NATION
Deliberations begin
Patients skimp on medicine
CHICAGO (AP) — The could not afford the gas both cases, about one-fifth
in Stevens case ailing economy is leading money to drive them to the said their condition got
many Americans to skip doctor. He gave them soup worse as a result.
WASHINGTON — With doctor visits, skimp on and soda instead, and they • The number of pre-
Sen. Ted Stevens’ fate and their medicine, and put off got better. scriptions filled dropped
possibly the outcome of his mammograms, Pap smears “I never felt the crunch 0.4 percent for the quarter
re-election race hanging in and other tests. And like this before,” Hendricks ending in June — the first
the balance, jurors in his physicians worry the result said. time it hasn’t risen, accord-
corruption trial declared will be sicker patients who The numbers show ing to IMS Health, which
themselves stressed out need more expensive Americans are increasingly has been tracking such
after a few hours’ delibera- treatment later. putting their health at risk: data for 12 years.
tions Wednesday and went In Lombard, Ill., Donald • More and more are • Elective surgeries like
home early. Hendricks lost his job over postponing needed care, hip and knee replace-
Four hours after U.S. AP PHOTO the summer at an event- according to a Kaiser Family ments, diagnostic tests and
District Judge Emmet planning company. When outpatient procedures fell
Donald Hendricks sits with his wife Rhonda, left, and their Foundation poll released
Sullivan declared, “the two of his six children came
children, left to right: Demitrius, Donxell, D'Angela, Dominique down with a fever and sore Tuesday. The portion who roughly 1 to 2 percent in
case is yours,” the eight and Donald III at their home in Lombard, Ill. Tuesday. said they or a family mem- recent months at many
women and four men throat several weeks ago, he
ber have put off needed hospitals, said Dick Clarke,
passed the judge a note. care climbed to 36 percent president of the Healthcare
Beer, alcohol and alcoholism
Things had become in the Oct. 8-13 telephone Financial Management
“kind of stressful,” jurors poll, up from 29 percent in Association. While the
said, and they asked to go April. Almost one-third decline seems small, the
home for some “clarity.”
They left without reaching
a verdict.
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Front Page 4 D/E/N/C www.sunnewspapers.net WORLD/NATIONAL NEWS The Sun /Thursday, October 23, 2008
| NATION US commandos rescue
HIV testing planned
amid scare
NORMANDY, Mo. —
American hostage near Kabul
By JASON STRAZIUSO captives were wounded in a not known whether any
Officials plan to start HIV ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER raid by Italian commandos. ransom demands were
testing at a suburban St.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Last week’s rescue made. But a spokesman
Louis high school where as
U.S. Special Forces came to the attention of for the Army Corps of
many as 50 students may
soldiers conducting a the AP after a U.S. military Engineers in Afghanistan
have been exposed to the
daring nighttime opera- official sought to bring its said growing insecurity
virus that causes AIDS.
St. Louis County tion freed a kidnapped successful outcome into imperils its work to
spokesman Craig LeFebvre American working for the the public eye. Officials rebuild the country.
said Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers declined to reveal even “This guy didn’t have
mode of transmission in — the first known hostage the smallest detail or the any money at all. It was
the scare at Normandy rescue by American forces captive’s identity, saying like a personal life mission
High School could include in Afghanistan. they did not want to for him to help others,”
sexual activity, drug use, The American, who was compromise military said Bruce J. Huffman, a AP PHOTO
piercings or tattoos. abducted in mid-August, tactics or the man’s safety. spokesman for the Army
The Health Department is
not saying whether the
had been held in a growing
insurgent stronghold 30
Three U.S. military
officials told the AP that
Corps of Engineers in
Afghanistan.
Palin’s wardrobe pricetag
miles west of Kabul, U.S. Special Forces troops were “We all felt sick about it, Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah
infected person was a Palin, speaks at a campaign rally Tuesday. The Republican
student. Testing at the school military officials told The able to locate the kidnap- because he was never going
Associated Press. They said Party had spent $150,000 on clothes, hairstyling and
is beginning this week. per’s hideaway in the to be able to pay a ransom.
several insurgents were accessories for Sarah Palin and her family from such
Nirkh district of Wardak He’s over here helping
killed in last week’s upscale stores as Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus.
X-rays detected province outside Kabul, people and they’re trying to Most of the expenses for Palin were initially incurred by Jeff
mission to free him. but would not specify how. make a buck off him.”
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